Drearyweather,
Just like JWs feel it is right to shun those who disagree with them [which JW leadership are not willing to negotiate under any circumstance], a government too can feel it is right to shun those who disagree with it.
Posts by venus
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7Russia - JWs Counterclaim
by Listener inthe witnesses lodged a counterclaim against their lawsuit on the 30 march, 2017.their argument is that the actions of the ministry of justice against them are 'political repressions'.the following link states "in the lawsuit numerous instances are cited testifying to the fact that prosecution of jehovah's witnesses is politically motivated."http://www2.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/170402a.html.
it is a contradiction to what they have written in their "political neutrality' leaflet which states.
jehovah’s witnesses do not involve themselves in political issues or governmental affairs.
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Interesting take on John 3:16
by NikL inthe superstar of all scriptures.
for god so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.. .
but i just learned something about it.. i try to look at different translations of the bible and the lexham english bible words it a bit different.... 16 for in this way god loved the world, so that he gave his one and only son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
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God because He is God the Father cannot distinguish between His children--He loves everyone alike. (Deuteronomy 10:17 + Romans 2:11)
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"There is evidence of a Creator if you just look for it"
by unsure in(for the record, i’m agnostic who is earnestly seeking an objective, honest and concrete hope for something greater).
“there is evidence of a creator if you just look for it”.
many of us have heard similar sentences from believers regarding proof of creator, proof that their religion is the correct one, proof that their particular sect is the right one, proof that their individual sects interpretation of a certain religious text is the right one, proof that their own personal interpretation of a certain religious text is the right one; the list goes on.. in one of my previous posts, i shared the following thought of mine:.
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unsure,
Nice thoughts. The fact that scriptures and religions are extremely complicated shows they do not belong to God. The universe being fine-tuned argues for the existence of God, and at the same time suffering argues for the non-existence of God. I feel this has to be so because this is what makes everyone arrive at his own conclusion about God and purpose of life.
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Who copied who when it comes to the website logo?
by oppostate injust noticed this very peculiarly uncanny similarity between website logos.did the jw.0rg come first or after--did the wt copy another website's logo?.
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venus
Even when they preach that Governments belong to Satan, they cannot believe it in their hearts that they really do; hence the urge to copy the Governments of this world surface unknowingly. Hence it is good indication that they copied the logo.
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Russian BOE - congregations told to stop using the New World Translation
by OrphanCrow init appears like the wt's bible is no longer to be used in russia.
king james version only.
from this forum: .
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venus
Whether fake news or not, they have the model in Jesus who said: "Jesus said: If I said something wrong, testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?" (John 18:23)
When something is true, why do they have to fear anybody in the whole universe—especially if they know that the Almighty is too with them?
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Job, his loved ones and his servants
by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in1 corinthians 10:13. no temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.
and god is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
this verse is in correspondence with 1 cor.10:13 and james 1:13. job will not be tempted beyond what he can bear, and it will not be god tempting him.. then in verse 16, this is being said:.
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Account teaches nothing because it dishonors God who takes Satan too seriously, hence it has its origin in the mind of human who has such faulty views about God.
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JW setbacks (such as in Russia) is foretold in the Bible
by venus inzechariah 11:16 speaks of emergence of a self-styled organization whose specialization is shunning, and it happened in global proportion.
zechariah 11:17 foretells its consequence: “woe to the idol shepherd … the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up (completely withered, niv), and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.”.
shunning and being shunned are like two sides of a coin.
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Zechariah 11:16 speaks of emergence of a self-styled organization whose specialization is shunning, and it happened in global proportion
Zechariah 11:17 foretells its consequence: “Woe to the idol shepherd … the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up (completely withered, NIV), and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.”
Shunning and being shunned are like two sides of a coin. If a person wants one side, he must automatically accept the other side also.
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Great way to show the world your not extremists.
by pleaseresearch ini really don't know what to expect of this.
they are being labelled extremists in russia and are close to being banned.
so the show that they aren't extremists they encourage all jw's worldwide to bombard the kremlin and court with millions on letters..
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venus
Massive letter-writing campaign would rather backfire because resorting to such force means acknowledging that other reasonable means would not work. Such tactics would work with small countries like Malavi, not with a Super Power that would take all its decision in terms of its prestige. If world opinion did matter to Russsia, they would have acted differently with Crimea
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Bible writers ignored their own principle
by venus inbible gives a very beneficial principle when it states “too much talk” is problematic whereas “anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.” (proverb 10:19) in harmony with this if bible had given us just enough verses like this: “remember god always and do everything as an offering to him” (ecclesiastes 12:1; colossians 3:17), it could have kept itself invincible.. instead, it started to speak “too much” which often backfired.
1) too much information on a too less important subject (such as woman’s menstruation) and yet too less information on too important subject such as creation which comes in just one sentence: god created “the mankind in his image.” (genesis 1:27).
2) jesus was taken to a mountain top so that he and satan could see “all the kingdoms of the earth” [which is in support of flat-earth belief], and satan tried to tempt jesus by offering them all in exchange of an act of worship to him.
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1) Principle in Pro 10:19 is eternal, hence when it was recorded matters not.
2) I was not aware of Marcionism. If my post somehow resembles it, then I am happy that many others felt it before.
What really happened was this: When I wanted to leave the org, I wanted a confirmation from God that I am doing the right thing. Then I made this a subject of my prayer to God for many months, and one day answer came as though some thoughts were put into my mind. It was like saying to me: “Remember God always and do everything as an offering to Him” (which reminded me of Ecclesiastes 12:1; Colossians 3:17)—this is more than enough.” It meant all other details are of no use. What immediately came to my mind were those three which I brought in the OP
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"Cautious as serpents, Innocent as doves" ? How does this fit in with the moves against Russia??
by stuckinarut2 inwe know that jesus supposedly said at matthew 10:16.
"be cautious as serpents, yet innocent as doves".. so , with all the hype going on about russia, and the "personal" letter writing campaign the gb is making all witnesses be a part of, this scripture came to mind.. surely this action is the very opposite of being "cautious"!?
surely it is not being "innocent" as to world affairs and political activities?.
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venus
Never been cautious, not even performed a damage-control excercise as the ban attempt was brewing for decades